twentysomething
SayTWEN-tee-sum-thing/ˈtwɛntiˌsʌmθɪŋ/
Pluraltwentysomethings
Pluraltwentysomethings
- 1A person who is in their twenties, between twenty and twenty-nine years old.
Most of the renters in that building are twentysomethings just starting out.
She's a twentysomething who still can't decide on a career.
- 2Being somewhere in your twenties, from the age of twenty to thirty.
The band has a mostly twentysomething following.
Their new boss is twentysomething and full of energy.
- 3Some number from twenty to twenty-nine, used when you don't know the exact one.
There were twentysomething kids waiting for the bus.
The shelf held twentysomething books of all sizes.
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Origin
From twenty plus the ending -something.